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WALLACE-A TRAGEDY. BY MURDO YOUNG, (FURTHER EXTRACTS.) SCENE —A Country Town. ( Enter Cumming and one of his Kinsmen.) Comm' NG. —His thread is spun !—I told you %would be so. KIN SNI 'tis not cut. CUMMt %G.—, Disaster waits the summons ; In br eathlesa expectation. Thoughtless man 1 Whir led in the giddy car of sudden fortune, He s 7 mrnes its motion, and takes bolder flight— But f Ilti-s in his daring —and is blasted ! Wits at et :owd is that with warlike banners flying ? Kitssrsass,_They come this way CUM fam e A women at their head ! They smug! be mad. (Shouts of " Huzzdfor Independence !") Enter FL OREM Fecantan ta.—Come gallant friends —your country cal l s—" And \S "all ace l eads her sons to victory r Join W allace to revenge— What to revenge ? FLOREMI4 lA. --Our country's wrongs. CUMMING • What wrongs? FLOREMM4I.-- Are you a man— And ask " wleat wrongs" when Scotland is enslaved CUMMING.- —Ar,d who shall free her? FLOREMMA. • Wallace and his friends. The hills sesd vides are musical with " Wallace !" And noug it is heard from women but " Revenge!"— The wido vv's son takes down his father's sword And rush es to the field without her blessing— So eager is the rivalry to join him. CUMMING.. —And be defeated for their pains;—then hanged With W allace for rebellion. FLOREMM/ Do lot fear, But joi .n, and free your country; gain her blessing, And long live honoured. CUM AILNG...._ Honoured ? what, with him I Can honour come with Wallace ? YLOREIIIIA.-- Yes !—His heart Is made of honour. 'Tis the sanctuary Of magnanimity and public virtue— Sublimed into enthusiastic zeal, Which scorns all selfish views of worldly fortune, To gain his country's blessing in her warfare. Cummixo.—Did Wallace teach that pretty speech ? FLOREMMA. Away ! CUMMING. —You much mistake the man. &of:Emma.-- You I mistook. I thought you had a sense of patriot shame ; But I'm mistaken. CUMMING. -- Know you wh o I am ? FLOREMMA. —A slave in spirit—shaming manly form! Cu mmiNo.—Knovs, I'm the Cumming of the North FLOREMMA. Then know, I am the Gra'aam ! Cummeso._ What,—you 1 FLOR EM MA. Floremma Graham— What dare you say against the Graham or Wallace ? Cumin's°. —.r.;r o to you distaff I—and leave arms to men Who loac,w to use them. floaEms.s e a„._ You are not a man. CumsuNa..—l am a Chief! FLonEM -- The more is your disgrace. Cusimusn .—Go to your distaff! and leave arms to men— Flortnalm A.__A woman may achieve where men are cowards, Frearitarg to meet the danger they should conquer ; int fly before it to inglorious safety To mo urn their after-life—the scorn of women ! Ceram's:in.—G o to your distaff!— FLOREm KA. Go 1 and hide your head In sone dark corner 1 Scotland wants no slave In lux proud cause !—the coward she disowns I (Exit,, followed by Peasantry.) SCENE—Stirling. (Entev. Eliza and Florem ma followed by a number of Ladies dr esf2 in plaid, but having black scarfs over their heads and hAn ging down loosely, to cover th , tplaid. All weaving laurel cZ•fowns, and singing—) Weave, maidens, weave the patriot's crown, Of bays that bloom immortally ! For tyranny is overthrown, And Scotland hath the victory ! The victory—the victory ! For tyranny is overthrown, And Scotland bath the victory ! Prepare the bay and wake the strain To greet the brave triumphantly I For Scotia's maids can feel like men— Her men like knights of chivalry 1 Of chivalry —of chivalry For Scotia's maids can feel like men-- Her men like knights of chivalry 1 He comes ! he comes let music play To glory's march harmoniously__. For joy shall sing his praise to-day, And time shall bless his memory His memory—his memory I For joy shall sing his praise to-day, And time shall bless his memory ! (Faster Wallace at the head of his friends, marching on to Stirling. The ladies change the tune and sing—) Oh. blest be his march to the music of gladness, Who comes in his might like the foam-rolling sea And throws from our bosom the mantle of sadness, (dn te For joy h a t' s no b ounds in the heart rop pi of thefr e e s carfs) ! Our spirit was broke as we bowed to the yoke, And darkly in murmurs our country deplored; When hope from the tomb snatched up liberty's plume— And gave it to Wallace along with his sword 1 The cottage was dreary— and lonesome the palace, Our king lay enchained in the dungeon of night ; When briglst as the morn rose the banner of Wallace— And Scotia rejoicing stood up in her might. WALLACE.—On, friends !—for Stirling 1 (Exeunt all bin C UM.MIN G. CU N MING. And there hang thyself 1 Presumptuous demigod of dernidea ils— And popular mark of wonder. How he struts I As if the earth were conscious of his motion,— And holds his head so high —as if the air Were proud of tossing plumes of victory ! He now exults. So Both my soul exult Ira the prophetic rapture of revenge fie never seeks revenge in vain, wh o k nows To wai t t h e season. When that comes, the devil Prompts at his elbow—burning with dark joy To seize the golden moment of desire ! They call this,—envy. I call it,—ambition, That dares to mount the ladder of its hope. W e have no King—but Baliol. What is he? A shadow I —Friend ? Down, conscience !—what of that ? He blocks my passage to an empty throne— Which woos inc on to immortality And proud enjoyment—past the reach of conscience ! Bruce is a slave. I've nought to fear from him ; His wings are clipt. Not so, this bird of freedom. But I will oust the cuckoo from the nest Of royalty : —a n d b e i ng sea t e d t h ere, I will pluck Bsliol's feathers, ono by one, 'Till both his wings drop off. Meantime, for Wallace, I'll raise a storm will blast his laurelled honours, And dash the Regent's sceptre from his hand I (E x i t .) SCENE—Carlisle. An Apartment in the Castle. (Enter Earls Gloucester and Surrey.) GLorcEsTETt. —So then, my lord, the Scots have pluck'd up And borrowed wings of fortune for a day Lspirit, Of sweet r evenge . SURREY.-- They have, my lord of Gloucester; And scour the country bravely. See, who comes. High-minded Hereford, the Constable. (Enter Hereford.) linotroao.—A day of expectation, this, my lords. Cn ouensTEß.—And splendour too, which some will weep to see. Ilonaroarn—When is the King expected? G LOUCESTER. -- Every moment. Zlis couriers sound the note of preparation, And Edward seldom wants the start of time. Suoanv.—Never, if Scotland is the match between them. For there his heart is set with love's first wish. llE REFoßD.—Possession ? SURREY—. Ay, unrivalled sweet possession. ItE ßEF"eo.—But then the lady seems not of his mind.-.-- A thing unusual when a monarch woos. (Enter a Messeng . er.) MESSENGER.—My l or d s , hi s M a j es ty i s just arrived.—(Exit. ) GLOUCES TER . —M a d f or revenge. But, Hereford, 't is whis- You g o t o Fl an d ers to supply his place, [pored, While he's subduing Scotland,—and returns--. HER6FORD. —To scoff at our demands But, am I gone ? I will not stir one foot till England's charter Of sacred liberty is first secured. GLOUCESTER. -- No more will I. SURREY. -- Nor I. HEREFORD...—. We are resolved. G LoucnsTErt.—And will not be put off by subterfuges. SURREY. —Nor awed by bouncing threats. HEREFORD. What I are we slaves ? To crouch at frowns—and be driven here and there, With Edward's whip of lightning o'er our heads ? Ants —We'll not endure it ! HEREFORD. Soft—he comes.—All hail ! arms (To be continued.) LITERATURE. female guide wh o accompanied the party, that he was , a poet. Cathleen treated this with indignation as a quiz. " Poet !' said she, devil a bit of it, but an honourable gentleman—he gave me half-a-crown.' Sir Walter Scott was received in Ireland with as much 'enthusiasm as if he had been in his own country, as the subjoined extract will show : On Thursday the 14th we reached Dublin in time for din ner, and found young Walter and his bride established in one of these large and noble houses in St. Stephen's Green, (the most extensive square in Europe), the founders of which little dreamt that they should ever be let at an easy rate as garrison lodgings. Never can I forget the fond joy and pride with which Sir Walter looked round him, as he sat for the first time at his son's table. I could not but recall Binder's lines, in which, wishing to paint the gentlest rapture of felicity, he describes an old man with a foaming wine-cup in his hand at his child's wedding-feast. " That very evening arrived a deputation from the Society of Dublin, inviting Sir Walter to a public dinner ; and next morning he found on his breakfast-table a letter from the Provost of Trinity College (Dr. Kyle, now Bishop of Cork), announcing that the University desired to pay him the very high compliment of a degree of Doctor of Laws by di ploma. The Archbishop of Dublin (the celebrated Dr. Ma gee), though surrounded with severe domestic afflictions at the time, was among the earliest of his visitors; another was the Attorney-General ( now Lord Chancellor Plunkett) ; third was the Commander of the Forces, Sir George Mur ray, and a fourth the Chief Remembrancer of Exchequer (the Right Honourable Anthony Blake), who was the bearer of a Message from the Marquis Wellesley, then Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, offering all sorts of facilities, and inviting him to dine next day at his Excellency's country residence, Malahide Castle. It would be endless to enumerate the distinguished persons, who, morning after morning, crowded bin le vee i n St. Stephen's Green. The c o u r t s o f law were not then sitting; and most of the Judges were out of town ; but all the other great functionaries, and the leading noblemen and gentlemen of the city and it s ne i g hb our h oo d, o f w h atever sect or party, h astened to tender every co nc eivable h omage an d h osp i ta li ty. But a ll this was less surprising to the c om p an i ons o f hi s jour ney (th oug h t o sa y trut h, we h a d, no more t h an himself, count e d on such eager enthusiasm among any class of Irish s° "etY), than the demonst r atio ns of respect w hi c h, a f ter t h e first day or two, awaited him, wherever he moved, at the hands of the less elevated orders of th e D u bli n popul a ti on . Ifhis carriage was recognised at the door of any public esta blishment, the street was sur e t o b e crow d e d b e f ore h e came out again, so a, to make his departure es slo w as a procession. When be en tere d a street , the watchword was passed down both sides like lig,thtning, and the shopk ee p ers an d their wi ves stood bowi ng and courtesying all the w a y 'down ; while the mob and b O3 , huzza'd as at the chariot-wheels of a conqueror. I had certainly been most thoroughly unprepared for finding the common people of Dublin so alive to the claims of any non-military greatness. Sir Robert Peel says, that Sir Wal ter's reception on the High street of Edinburgh, in August, 1822, was the first thing that gave him a notion of the elec tric shock of a nation's gratitude.' I doubt if even th:.t scene surpassed what I myself witnessed when he returned down Dame-street, after inspecting the Castle of Dublin." The most characteristic portion of this volume is Walter Scott's " Di ary ," w hi c h for undoubtedly Si r its earnestness, simplicity, and the t one o f unaffected sincerity that pervades it, we prefer even to Byron s, as we found it in Moore's Memoirs of that great poet. (Flourish of Trumpets.) (Enter Edward.) EDWARD. --Where is the younger Bruce ? I have suspicions That this young chief will play the fox at last. No double-de a li ng here. He must pay homage, Ere Scotland's crown - is moulded to his brow, Else he may shape it for himself without us. I like not such young birds to try their wings Before we fasten something to their feet. To check the exultation of their flight.— Per Bruce betrays the eagle's nature in him, And keeps a longing eye on lofty places. But here he comes. (Enter Bruce.) For Scotland's royal crown, Before we grant it by our special favour, Pay homage —in the presence of our nobles. (Bruce kneels.) Now swear to bring the force of Carrick forth, With all thy friends to battle on our side. BRUCE.---I swear, my liege.—Vouchsafe me now the crown. EDW ARD.—The crown?— What is its value, Bruce, w ithout a people ? , n We mu s t w i n t h em b e f ore ' t i s wort h t h e wear i ng. ~""CE.—So soon !—how will this end ? (A s id e .) cow nap.— Collect thy force! We speed to glory on the wings of conquest. (Bruce slowly retires in deep thought. TILE LLLuodlitz A requisition f rom a b o d y o f t h e inhabitants has been sent to th e M ayor , to ca ll a meeting for the purpo se of taking into consideration the pro priety of petitioning the two Houses of Parliament to pass rn Act, directing that all votes for the election of Members to serve in Parliament be taken by Ballot. GLOUCESTER. —NO W the proud Scot puts spurs to Edward's SURREY.—And kisses them in gratitude of heart. [heels. HEREFORD.—Craven 1 depart—and shame us not with fawning GLOUCESTER.—Mora worthy of a halter than a crown ! SUaREY.—And wasps to sting, than men to pay thee honour. HEREFORD.—The Scots have too much si i it to receive thee. BRECE.—StiIi must I bear with these imperious barons ? HEREFORD,—Go, slave! and learn the freeman's song from Wallace. ERUCE.—(ASide)-011,wouldto God, I were with Wallace now, But lam chained, and under Edward's sword. (Exit. ED ARD.—Well, Lords !—am Ito wait your pleasure here— Or you attend on mine ? HEREFORD.— Most sovereign liege We have long waited—and still wait in vain Your royal pleasure in our humble suit. EDWARD.—This is E 0 Cto talk of grievances, When sear knocks at the gate, nor waits our coming, But bursts the lock and rudely rushes in. When peace returns, I will look to your claims : I pass my word. HEREFORD.-- So did your Majesty Before last war : and gentle peace returned Without your acquiescence. EDWARD But events Squared not with expectation. HEREFORD.-- Nor, m) liege, Has fortune ever fill'd ambition's measure. EDWA P.D.—Faith, so it seems HEREFORD.— And may be so hereafter. Then, please you, out of magnanimity, Now to redeem your promise in this matter. EDWARD.—What wouldyoudietate how your King should act? HEREFORD.—No, good my liege; but we request our rights,— The business of a moment—sign the charter. EDWARD.—And burn it too ! ALT..— You shall not burn our rights ! EDWARD.—I must dissemble. (Aside.) Pray, what are your rights ? ALL.—The rights of men, and dignity of nobles. EDWARD.—So warm, and so united, will not do: I must divide. (Aside.) My lord of Hereford, Your presence is of consequence in Flanders, Where my departure left some weighty matters Requiring your activity and wisdom. HEREFORD.—I go, my liege :—but, first, vouchsafe our suit. EDWARD.—I say, depart for Flanders, instantly ! HEREFORD.—Whet, our request is granted —not before ! EDWARD.—Bv God, Sir Earl, then you shall go, or hang HEREFORD.—By God, Sir King! I'll neither go nor hang. EDWARD.--Depart my presence, traitor I on your life. HEREFORD.— I am no traitor, nor will brook the name. As for my life, it rests upon my sword! (Exit.) EDWARD.—Where go ye, Lords ? Out of your presencP, Majesty. EDWARD,—What are you rebels too? LORDS.— When kings would tyrannise. (Exeunt Lords.) EDWARD..—Thus I am thwarted in my plans of greatness ! And by these very instruments whose temper Was edged to cut my passage out to glory. Ambition must not handle them too roughly, Or they will cut his fingers.—'Tis a pity, They are not made of less important matter, And, by the cross ! I would whip off their heads With as much coolness as I trim my nails. But those rebellious Scots 1 I'll singe their beards Before the ravens dine.—What—ho !—in waiting? (Enter Lord in Waiting. ) EDWARD.—Command Lord Hereford to send the charter, That I may sign it. Death 1 I'm robbing wasps, Which sting the more as madness perseveres. I'd sign five hundred charters straight—and smile ! Before those Scots should laugh my threats to scorn. But if I yield one grain of quenchless pride, 'Twill be to reap a harvest of revenge. (Re-enter Lord.) Hand here !--• My liege, Lord Hereford disdains To have the charter signed clandestinely. He says that England's spirit will not brook To have her birthright smuggled in the dark; But granted freely, like the light from heaven, Or scorn the boon. (Exit.) EDWARD.--. Perdition blast their pride ! When once the winds are up they know no bounds— But whistle down distinction. Shall I crush These rebels here—and leave the Scots unpunishel,— Of bend to these ? LOCKHART'S LIFE OF SCOTT—VoL. VI. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1837. ANTe have just received the sixth volume of the Life of Scott, which contains matters of interest in every page, though that interest is no longer of .7_ cheerful charze:er. The catastroph e is deepening to its close. Scott has ceased to be the lordly, light-hearted owmer of Abbotsford ; the wizard ruler of the realms of fiction ; we see him here the disappointed man of the world ; stripped of nearly all his fortune, and oppressed with a weight of matter-of-fact sorrows, and business annoyances, that might break the back of an Atlas. Yet ne still maintains a gallant front, and stoutly bears up against all. His " Diary," descriptive of the anxious and feverish state of mind he was in, while it was yet problematical whether Constable and the Bah. lantynes would sink or swim, contains some of the most powerful touches of nature we have ever met with. Nor are his frequent allusions to the death of his wife— who had been the sharer of his joys and sorrows for nearly thirty years—less impressive ; some of them indeed are of so deeply pathetic a character, that it is next to impossible to peruse them without tears. We turn, however, from the sadder portions of the volume to those of a more cheerful complexion. The follow ing anecdote is admirable. Scott, we should premise, had been, when in Ireland, to see the famous St. Kevin's cave, to which he was accompanied by his friend Mr. Plunkett. " After he had quitted the cave," says his biographer, " Mr. Plunkett told the MAGAZINES CONTINUED, LARDNER'S CYCLOPEDIA, No. 98. Longman, London, 1838. The volume before us is a descriptio❑ of the habits and peculiarities of '' Animals in Menageries." It is the production of Mr. Swainson, who has executed his task in a very careful and spirited manner. The title-page contains an engraving of the .cameleopard, executed by Finden. MONTHLY REPOSITORY. This is the best Number of the Repository that has ye made its appearance—Nye do not mean as regards its politics, which are of too ultra-radical a character, but its literary prose and verse, each of which is excel lent. "An Analysis of Simple Apprehension," is a metaphysical essay, suggested by a passage o❑ the sub ject of abstract ideas in one of Mill's works. " The Protestant Burial Ground at Rome" is a poem de scriptive of Shelly's place of interment. It is written with feeling, aild in a chaste and elegant manner. We extract one or two of the stanzas:— And in that comer, far remote From all that traffic makes unholy, A little silent town appears, A spot where dwell the peaceful solely. No sound through that chaste air may float, Save some far belfry's sober knellings ; And gentle flow'rets, nursed with tears, Form tangled gardens round those dwellings. One side this quiet realm, extends The wall that girt that throne of glory To which all nations once bent down, Though now 'tis only known in story; And towards that fence the ground ascends Gently, and by its slope, discloses, At one regard, that voiceless town, 'Twist paths of rosemary and roses. And on the top of that fair slope, Recessed beneath a broken tower, A poet's final bed is made, Meet sanctuary of parted power; With blue infinity its cope, And rich in all his rest requires, A little sun, a little shade, Cypresses, fringing grass, and briars. " A Tale of the Garden Bower at Amalfi" bears traces of a female pen in the purity of its sentiments and the grace and delicacy of its style. In the " Thoughts for the Thoughtful" we have met with one remark which reminds us of Swift's best and shrewdest aphorisms :—'' All are ready to punish a bad action ; few to reward a good one." If the future Numbers of the Repository are as good as the present, it will take a foremost rank among the perio Weals of the day. TIE EDUCATIONAL MAGAZINE. A useful and unpretending Journal, in which some of the more glaring defects of the modern system of education are pointed out in a very able manner. There is also a well-written essay, entitled " Boarding-school Education, What it should be," which is from the pen of a lady named Erskine. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1838. SPORTING MAGAZINE. There are two clever engravings in this Number, one of which is by Engleheart, and the other by Pa terson. The former is the best, and is a portrait of the famous grey Arab mare presented by the Irnaum of Muscat t o hi s l a t e M a j esty Willi am , the Fourth. The contents are, as usual, exclusively confined to sporting matters, of which, perhaps, the less said the better, as we must confess to an utter ignorance on all such subjects. SKETCHES IN LONDON—No. IV. Contains a just and graphic account of some of the early proceedings of, what the writer calls, the Victoria Parliament, illustrated by two humorous engravings of the interior of the House of Commons when the Members are taking the oaths and their scat. We prefer this Number to any of its predecessors. THE CfIURCHMAN. A grave and clerkly periodical, devoted chiefly, as its title imports, to ecclesiastical themes, and contain ing some well-digested notices of the most recent reli gious publications. WINDSOR-MONDAY. This afternoon the Royal carriages were ordered at the Castle, but the Queen did not ride out, in consequence of the unsettled state. of the weather. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Duke of Argyll took their departure this morning for town. The Dean of Chester arrived on a visit. The Royal dinner party of this evening included the follow ing : —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Baroness Lehzen, the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Viscount Tor rington, the Hon. Colonel Grey, Lady Mary Stopford, Lady Mulgrave, the Hon. Mrs. Campbell, the Hon. Miss Lister, the Hon. Miss Murray, Miss Davys, the Hon. W. Cowper, tic Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and General Sir F. Wethorall. The Queen's private band have orders to attend at the Castle to-morrow evening, for the fist time since their re- appointment. Most of the members of this band formerly be longed to that appointed by George IV., and re-appointed by Queen Adelaide. COURT CIRCULAR. His Excellency Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, and lady, left town on Saturday, on a short visit to Paris, by way of Dover. M. de Hummelauer, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, had an interview with Lord Glenelg 3estcrday, at the Colonial office, and als3 transacted business at the Foreign-office. Despatches from the Earl of Gosford, Governor of the Canadas, w(re received yesterday at the Colonial -office. The Bavarian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord Hill, and Messrs. Gould, Gillespie, and Maugin had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Several of the Cabinet Ministers are expected to return to town in the course of to-day. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. • DEPARTURES. Lord Claude Hal.ilton, for Paris ; Count De Salis, for ditto; Mr. and Lady Charlotte Talbot, from Fenton's Howl, for their seat in Glamorganshire ; Colonel Pecl, for Lord Suffield's scat, Gunton Hall, Norfolk; Cul. and Mrs. Hig ginson, from Harley -street, on a tour ; Mr. Pluroptre, M. P., for his scat ; Lord Charles Paulet, for \Vellesbourne, Strat ford-upon-Avon; Lady Anna Maria Dawson, fur Brighton; lion. Mrs. Phillimore, for ditto ; Lady Caroline Dundal, for ditto; Lord George Bentinck, on a visit to Lord Suffield, at Gunton Palk, Norfolk; Lord and Lady Wharrkeliffe, from Curzon Houso, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Princess Sophia, at Kensington Palace, yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester dined with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge House, Piccadilly. In the evening the Royal party honoured Co ♦ent-garden theatre with their presence. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave Piccadilly this morning, accompanied by Prince George and the Princesses Augusta and Mary, on a visit to the Queen Dowager, at St. Leonard's, where their Royal Highnesses and family intend staying fur several days. Le Commerce repeats with confidence the rumour that the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia was about being wedded to the Duke of Bordeaux, and adds, that negocia tions were on foot for the mstrimonial union of the heir appa rent of the Russian throne and the Princess Clementine of Baria. The Archduke John of Austria is expected to ar rive in London in the ensuing spring, to be present at the co ronation of her Majesty. The Duke of Wellington arrived on Saturday at Belvoir C stle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, where large party of the N,hility and Gentry are invited to meet his G race. The Duchess-Countess of Sutherland had a large party of noble friends at a dinner on Sunday evening, at her mansion in Hamilton-place. Alnwick Castle is full of visitors. The Bishop of Carlisle and the Mines Percy arrived there last week. The Archdeacon Singleton and family are also there. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Liddell and Lord and Lady Ravensworth are expected. Lord Prudhoe has not yet arrived. Lord Charles Fitzroy arrived in town on Saturday, and left on Sunday for Windsor Castle. Thotwaidsen, the sculptor, has had the freedom of the city of Mayenco sent him, in acknowledgment of his beau tiful monument of Guttenberg. Tire city of Athens has sent a beautiful golden goblet to the King of Bavaria, together with a vote of thanks, for his contribution to the endowment of a hospital in that city. Lady Coutts Trotter and family have arrived from Ramsbury Manor in Grosvenor-square, for the season. Miss Burdett Coutts has directed the necessary re pairs and improvements to be made in Stratton -street, prepa ratory to taking possession of the mansion. WAR 1 N CANADA " PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA. " GOSFORD. His Excellency the Right Hon. Archibald Earl of Gosford, Baron Worlington of Beecles, in the county of Suffolk, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Vice. Admiral of the same, and one of her Majesty's Most Hon. P, ivy ' Council, &c. " A PROCLAMATION. " Whereas in certain counties of the district of Montreal disaffection to the Government of our Gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria has unequivocally declared itself, and divers outrages upon the persons and properties of her Majesty's loyal subjects have been recently perpetrated therein; and whereas prisoners arrested on charges of high treason have been rescued from the hands of justice, and the troops of her Majesty in the lawful discharge of their duty, while aiding the civil authorities, have been assailed and fired upon by bands of armed peasantry; and whereas it is notorious that the present blind and fatal excitement in that district is to be attributed to the machinations of a few evil-minded and designing men, who have imposed upon the credulity of an unsuspicious peasantry, end by plausible misrepresentation and wilful calumny —by practising upon their fears and in flaming their passions —by appealing to national distinctions, and exciting political prejudices, which it has been the un abated endeavour of the British Government to extinguish, Lave at length succeeded in implicating a part of an hitherto Peaceable and loyal population in the first excesses of a reck less and hopeless revolt; as the Representative of our Mo=t Gracious Sovereign, I now most solemnly address myself to the inhabitants of th;s province, but more especially to the misguided and inconsiderate population en the river Riebilieu, in the district of Montreal. I address myself to your good sense and to your personal experience of the benefits you have received and of the tranquillity you have so long enjoyed under the British Government. You possess the religion, the lan guage, the laws, and the institutions guaranteed to you nearly 70 years since. You know not the burden of taxes. The expense of your military defence is defrayed by Great Britain. The prosperity and happiness which have hitherto pervaded this province proclaim honourably and undeniably the political wisdom which watches over your safety, encourages your commerce, and fosters your rising industry. The spontaneous confidence of the British Parliament bestowed on you a Constitution. Your representatives complained of grievances, their complaints were promptly and fully inves gated ; grievances which were proved to exist were removed I a'. once, redress the mcst ample, but unavoidably gradual, was unreservedly promised, and, up to this moment, that pro mise has been scrupulously observed. But the demands of your leaders ore insstiable, the language of Reforns has speciously concealed the designs of revolution. I have thus far tleemed it my duty to explain the injustice and in admissibility of the objects for which your leaders contend, and for the attainment of a hich they would wanton l y sacri fice you and y our families. The traitorous designs of these political agitators have been at length unmasked. I now, therefore, call upon those who have been thus far deluded to listen to the language of reason, sincerity, and truth. Listen to the exhortations of your respectable and trustworthy Clergy. Listen to the representations of those worthy and loyal proprietors, whose interests are identified with your own, and whose prosperity, in common w ith yours, must ever be graduated and governed by the internal tranquillity of this province. Return to that allegiance Jeasytur Sovereign which you have now, for the first time, violated; and to that' obedience to the law which you have hith er t o i nvar i a bl y main tained. Spurn fr om yo u your i ns idi ous a d v i sers. Reject with abhorrence their self-interested and treasonable coun sels. Leave them to that retribution which inevitably awai's them. Retire to your homes and to the bosoms of your fa milies ; rest assured that a powerful and merciful Govern ment is more desirous to forget than to resent injuries, and that within that sanctuary you will experience no molesta tion. And further, by and with the advice and consent of her Majesty's Executive Council of and for the Province of Lower Canada, I, the said Archibald, Earl of Gosford, do hereby call unnn all her Majesty's loyal subjects in this pro vince to be prepared at all times to maintain against all aggressors the authority of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, and to counteract the rebellious designs of the disaffected in this province. The dearest rights and privileges of British subjects, their laws and institutions, have been openly and au daciously assailed. They will remember that those sentiments, of loyalty and honour which were the pride of their forefathers are the inheritance of their children ; and in defending their allegiance to their gracious Queen, and the connexion which has so long existed between this favoured colony and Great Britain, they will rush forward as one man to prove their gra titude for the blessings they enjoy, and their unswerving de terminatien to maintain them unimpaired. " Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the Castle of St. Lewis, in the city of Quebec, the 29th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1637, and in the first year of her Ma jesty's reign. By h's Excellency's command, " E. DALY, Secretary of the Province." ARMY—THE TROOPS FOR CANADA. The following may be taken as a pretty correct enumeration of the force intended to he embarked for this particular ser vice, and we are led to beliore that all arc to proceed to Hali fax as soon as the means of tralfport in ships of war can be provided :_. One regiment of cayalry, augmented to 93d Highlanders, augmented strength 6OO Brigade of Guard, say 2,000 rcgt. fromcst augmented stren g th GOO 23d Fusiliers and 71st Light Infantry, augmented strength 1,‘)00 Augmentation of 100 rank and file to all regiments in Canada, Nova Scotia, aid New Brunswick— namely, Ist Ro3a!s, 15th, 24th, 32d, 34th, 43d, 66th, 83d, and 8sth Total The 11th and 73d regiments, ordered home from the Medi terranean, are to land at Gibraltar, there to awat instructions, in case their services should also be required in Canada. The Inconstant has proceeded to Cork, and on her arrival there will take on board 250 rank and file of the 93d High landers; the remainder of the regiment will follow as other vessels arrive. Tw•o companies of artillery are also, it is said, under orders for the same destination. Eight hundred of the Grenadier Guards, and the same number of the Coldstreams, received orders yesterday morn ing, at eight o'clock, to hold themselves in readiness to em bark for Canada, it is supposed in the course of the week. 'rom the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday.) We understand that several regiments, including three or .'our • 1101% stationed in Ireland, which fortunately can well be spared, have received orders of readiness to proceed to Halifax. We have not yet ascertained the numbers of all the regiments; but it is certain, we believe, that the 23d Fusi !cers, the 71st Light Infantry, aad the 931 Highlanders, are included. The 93d, which goes out early next month, is to replace one of the regiments which left Nova Scotia for Lower Canada on the breaking out of the insurrection. We further learn, that Major-General Si; William M'flcan, while on hi s way to Li mer i c k , to take the command of that district, as successor to Major L'Estrange, yesterday received an order from the Horse Guards to proceed forthwith to Cork, to hold himself in readiness by the 3d January to sail for Ha lifax. Sir William, we have learned, is to be second in com mand to Sir John Colborne, in Lower Canada. It is said that Sir F. Stoven, who is now attached to the Royal Household, is to go out as Adjutant-General. The Ilona Colonel Grey, Equerry to the Queen, goes out early in the spring with his regiment, the 71st light infantry. An order has issued from the Horse Guards, cancelling the leave of all officers whose regiments are serving now in Ca• nada. They are to proceed .aithout delay, via New York, t o Join their respective corps. In letters which have reached this country, dated the 30th ult., it is stated that the St. Lawrence was then open as far up as Montreal ; but even if this be correct, we cannot sup pose it at all likely that the navigation could have continued free for more than a week or two longer. In ordinary wea ther the St. Lawrence is frozen early in November, and con tinues so until May, Of courfe the troops now about to be sent out will rendezvous at Halifax. We learn from Portsmouth that a ship of war, the Incon stant, wzis about to proceed to the north coast of Spaia, with 1,000 stand of arms and accoutrements : and it was rumoured that the marine battalion at Passages, which has been under The following details relative to the rebellion in Lower Canada, have come to hand. The dates from Montreal are to the 6th instant on which day the bearer of the Govern ment despatches, from whom the intelligence was obtained, left Montreal:— The rebels had taken alarm at the activity exhibited in the ineration of volunteer corps, as well in Upper as Lower Ca nada, to oppose them. Out of the British veterans who, after having commuted their pensions, had emigrated to Canada, two fine battalioes, quite ready for service, had been formed. The militia were preparing for action by repeated drilling. At Montreal the chief preparations were making by the four com panies of Montreal light infantry, consisting of the St. Anne's invincibles, the Royal Irish Company, and the Royal Scots Company. Considerable surprise had been excited in Que bec by the arrival of the lst division of the 43d Regiment from Halifax, it not being expected that the journey could be performed in so short a period. About 1,00 militia were ready for service at Quebec. Two steam-boats had also been engaged to cruise off the St. Lawrence, for the purpose of hold ingcommunication with any British vessels of Ivor should they ar rive off, either with troops or despatches. Full pay and rations had been ordered for 10 companies of volunteer militia until the Ist of June next. It had been ordered, if necessary, to sur render the Parliament House for the use of the troops. At a meeting of many French Canadians in Montreal, resolutions had been passed expressive of their attachment to the British Government. At St. Eustache the military had come in col lision with a body of the rebels, and bad completely defeated them, taking one small six-pounder, which had been used for merly by the troops under General Burgoyne, and two guns made of hiccory wood, bound with iron hoops, and capable of being fired eight or ten rounds. The rebels seemed to have plenty of cannon balls, but few small shot and little gun powder; indeed to such shifts had they been put for the former, that some supplies captured by Colonel Wetherall consisted of barrels filled with bits of chain, brokonknife blades, and similar materials as its substitute. The energy of Sir John Colborne and Colonel Wetherell is said to have saved the colony from a long civil war. The body of a Lieu tenant had been found, after a long search, concealed under a hillock of stones. His head appears to have been battered to pieces, as the features were not to be recognised, and no other part of his body was injured. The following proclamation bad been issued by Lord Gas ford : t!•e orders of Lord John Hay, was to proceed in that vessel for Halifax. Active preparations are, we are assured, mak'ng in ev2ry quarter to strengthen our military force in Upper and Lower Canada. Drafts from the depot companies of the regiments at present in the Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have orders to join immediately their respective regiments, so that the service companies of each corps will now he six in number, consisting of 100 rank and file each. Two compa nies of the Royal artilleey, which were to have embarked yes terday for Jamaica and Barbadoes, have been countermanded, and are destined, it is rumoured, for Canada via Halifax. A brigade of the guards, under the command of Lord Saltoun. and the 23d and 71st regiments, will, it is said, leave England for Canada in the spring. The Ist battalion of the rifl !brigade stationed at Woolwich, is ordered to be held in readiness for immediate service. Its destination is doubtless to Canada. All officers on leave from Canada have received orders to join their respective regiments without delay. We stated in our last week's paper that the Inconstant was about to sail for Canada with Sir G. Arthur. Our Portsmouth correspondent writes that she left Spithead on Thursday with that officer, and is to proceed to Cork, for the purpose of taking up the service companies of the 93d regiment ; but we have since heard that Sir George Arthur will be conveyed to the New York packet which left the Thames yesterday. The Hastings is also des tined for Canada, with troops. Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzge rald, late brigadier-general in Spain, is appointed inspecting field-officer of militia in Canada. Captains De Rottenburg and Head, with a number of other half-pay officers of various ranks, have received orders to embark immediately for Canada, for the purpose of assisting in the organization of the militia. —United Service Gazette. It is supposed that the 85th, 93d. and 99th, with other re giments, will leave Ireland for Canada forthwith. The 22d are certainly ordered to Cork, perhaps for embarkation, The service companies of the 93d will proceed to Halifax. The transports to convey them are expected every hour at Cove. The following note from the Commander-in-Chief, with its answer, have been published : " Horse Guards, Dec. 23, 1337. " Lord Hill, being about to submit to the Queen that two battalions of the guards should be held in readiness to proceed to Canada, as soon as the season will permit their transport to Quebec, requests that you will inform him which two batta lions are first on the list for foreign servive. (Signed) " FITZROY SOMERSET. " The Field Officer in Waiting, brigade of GUards." "My Lord—ln reply to your communication of yesterday, I have the honour to inform you, that the two first battalions For service are—the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, and the 2d battalion Coldstream Guards. (Signed) "J. FREEMANTLE, Field Officer in Waiting. SYMPATHY OF UPPER CANADA WITH THE LOWER CANADIANS. eeting In the Township of Whitchurch, Upper Canada, September 16, 1837. The obJect of this meeting was to take into consideration the Resole lions passel by the Imperial Parliament, and about to be enforced i❑ the other colony, and to sympathise with Mr. Papmeau and the Lower Canadians. Resolved—" That we view, with hatred and abhorrence, the course adopted by the British Government, relative to Lower Canada, and that it is our duty not only to sympathise with, but in case of the enforcement of Lord John Russell's resolutions, to support the Lower Canadians in their struggle for independence." Resolved—" That forasmuch as Sir F. B. Head has virtually succeeded in wresting from this Province, the same inestimable right that Lord John Russell's atrocious measures of coercion would take from the other colony by force, namely, the control of the provincial revenue, by hich a constitutional check might be exercised over the corruption of the Executive, we most heartily sympathise with the people of Lower Canada, and wholly approve of the course taken by Louis Joseph Papi_ nean and the majority of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, we .consider their cause our cause, and tender to them our warmest thanks and gratitude for their manful support of civil and religious liberty." Other resolutions were also passed, and the whole were signed by Mr. IL M`Kinley, the Chairman. Public Meeting in the Township of Markham, Upper Canada, Sept. 19, 1837. Among the re.;o7utions unanimously passed at a very numerous meet. ing was the following one:— " That we have looked with earnest attention to the course taken by the Government of England, and by the people of Lower Canada and he Assembly of their choice, and we condemn the atrocious Resolu- tions moved by Lord John Russell, for coercing the Canadians and go verning them by the iron rod of colonial despotism. If their and our money can continue to be taken from them and us, without their and our consent, for base and unworthy purposes, by Resolutions passed in Europe, or by legis'ative Acts made there by persons ignorant of Ca nada—if bank charters with vast powers can be granted ano sent out to a few monopolists and favourites of a Queen and King from England, in defiance of the resolves of the popular branch of the Legislature and the requirements of the Constitution—then are those who submit to such oppression unworthy of the name of freemen, and unfit to be the depositaries of British or Canadian liberty; and we do, therefore, hereby nominates Committee of Public Safety for the township of Markham. "Resolved —That being well assured of the love of liberty and hatred of oppression by which the Hon. Louis Jos2o Papineau and his pa triotic countrymen of Lower Canada are animated in their present noble struggle, we are determined to make common cause with them, and do hereby declare that we wculd consider the redress of their grievances the best guarantee for the redress cf our own, which o'Jject we verily believe would have bean obtained, had a responsible Executive, o❑ the princ:ple laid down by Dr. Rolph, Mr. Ba'dwin, and the other members of the Executive Council, of January, 1836, been conceded to the co lonists." The whole of the resolutions were signed by Mr. Tomlinson, Chair. man. Public Meeting at St. Thomas, Upper Canada, October 6, 1837. Among several resolutions it was resolved : " That we deem the resolutions lately passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom a subversion of the chattered rights of these pro vinces; and we therefore applaud the patriotic stand taken against their baneful operation by our brethren in the Lower Provinca. NVe ap prove of their determination respecting the disuse of tax-paying articles, and we recommend their example as worthy of imitation in this pro vince, until the obnoxious resolutions be anulled, and until both pro vhices obtain such an am_lioration in the Constitution as will enable our respective Legislatures to redress the grievances which have long pressed heavily upon the people, and which have chrek.d the prosperity of the Provinces, and engendered such discontent as haya at last de stroyed the credit of the Province abroad, and plunged it into bank ruptcy at home. " Resolved,—That time after time, both in this Province and in Great Britain, most loyally, nay, most servilely, have we petitioned for a re dress of the long and frightful catalogue of the wrongs of Canada. Our prayers have hem spurned, and our feelings have been deeply wounded by the instets that have accompani2d the contemptuous disre gard of our most humble supplications for justice—'hat we have too long hawked our wrongs, as the beggar doth his sores, at the fastidious threshold of haughty oppression, when, ckrided and mocked, we have beets sent empty away. That, since our iron hearted rulers have turned a desif ear to the voice of our complaints, we, confiding in the goodness of our cause, resting as it wholly does on reason, truth, and equity for its support, will call upon the God of Jo:Bee to aid us in our holy struggle as Britons and as men." When the business of the meetings, says the Liberal, concluded, several rounds of heart stirring applause were given for the friends of Canada in the British Parliament, for Papineau and the Lower Canadians. At a very large meeting at Toronto, Upper Canada, held upcn July 2-B , - it was resolved : " That the warmest thanks and admiration are due from the Re formers of Upper Canada to the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau, I , Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, and his coin. patriots in and out of the Legislature, for their past uniform, manly, and noble independence in favour of civil and religious liberty ; and for their present devoted, honourable, and patriotic opposition to the attempt of the British Government to violate their Constitution, to sub vert the powers and privileges of their Parliament, and to overawe them by coercive measures into a disgracef.l abandonment of their just and reasonable wishes. " That the Reformers of Upper Canada are called upon, by every tie of feeling, interest, and duty, to make common cause with their fellow_ citizens of Lower Canada, whose successful coercion would dotibtl,ss be in time visited upon us, and the redress of whose grievances would be the best guarantee for the redress of our own." TORONTO POLITICAL UNION. At an adjourned Meeting of the Union, held on Monday eve ning, the 17th inst., Dr. TIM; V. P. in the Chair The following Resolutions were adopted : I. That in the present position of our affairs, tinder the lato rejec tion of the just and inalienable claims of the Canadas, by the British House of Commons*, and the unjust and unconstitutional policy of Lord John Russell, so unworthy of his illustrious and martyred an.. cestor Lord William Russell of venerated memory, it is inexpedient without further consideration, for the Committee appointe.l at a for mer meeting of this Union on the 27th ult. to prepare an appeal to the Reformers of the Province at large, impre,sing upon then the ur. gent necessity, at this peculiar crisis of affairs; to meet in convention, to make their report at present. 2. That we have arrived at this opinion, not from any hope we enter. twin of obtaining justice 11Yom Dawning-street, or from the authorities em;stituted in Gm:A Britain all our past complaints of misgovernment and oppression have invariably ended in bitter disappointment, but that we may consider well and maturely the ulterior prcesedings that the present crisis of our pubic affairs seems imperiously to demand. 3. That we view the policy of Lord John Russell in proposing a Commission of Trade to be elected by the Legislatures of both Pro. vinces, and intrusting said Commission with quasi legislative function and jurisdiction, as an infraction of our constitutional charter, a, the weak invention of a Mi;:ister, now the open and avowet cremy of our rights—that his unconstitutional interference in our Internal affairs is discreditable to the crown he represents, and disgraceful to the ancient house of Russell, and that his whole conduct, as regards the discussion in the British House of Commons on the subject of Canadian betrays a cowardly disposition in this pretended Reformer to " run with the hare and hold with the hound" unworthy a Minister of the British Crown. 4. That we owe a deep and lasting debt of gratitude to Sir W. Mol esworth, Hart., Joiepli Hume, J. A. Roebuck, Daniel O'Connell, Leader, Bsquires, and the other talented and uncompromising de fenders of our rights and liberties during the important debate on.the affairs of the Canadas, on the 10th and 11th March last. 5. That this Union deeply sympathize with the sister provinces of Lower Canada and Nova Scotia in their presort clittleulies, and that they await with deep anxiety the action that may be had thereon by those patriotic but long-snaring people.—Correspondent and Advocate. Tine Great Northern Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Counties of Simcoe and York, held at Lloydd Town, Upper Canada. Among other resolutions the following were passed : 4. Reeolved—That the present circumstances of our sister province of Lower Canada cannot fail to attract the attention and awaken II a sympathies of all civilised men throughout the world, but in a more especial manner such of this province who, being under the same Go vernment, must partake largely of the same evils which are threaten:d upon them, if the home Government persist in the prosecution of the measures lately resolved upon by the British P.trliament, which course, we fully believe, will only tend to the further distractions of that Province, and the final dismemberment of the empire. Carried unanimously. Moved by Mr. Thomas Eyes, and seconded by Mr. JESSE H. CLEAVER— 5. Resolved—That the distractions of Lower . Canada are all owing to the partial and bad administration of the Civil Government, upheld by pretended " English interests," but really by an or - gaiii2.cd and in tolerant party, or fraternity, similar to, and mostly sprung from, the same class which opposed the restoration of civil and equal liberty to the Catholics of Ireland, and a hich is industriously occupied in producing division, discord, and slavery here. Carried unanimously. Moved by Mr. TIIGMAS GAWLEY, seconded by Mr. ROBERT WIN e, 6. Resolved--That we esteem it not the privilege, but the right of all men to think and to ntpress their thoughts and opinions on all matters of hum in government, not only in what relates to their own peculiar form, but also to any other, however remote and opposite to the form and administralon of that under which they liv .—Carried una. nimously. Moved by 7, r. EDWARD QUIRK, SCCOndC I by Mr MONIAS Y, junior, . - 7. Resolved—That we protest against the foul and dastardly insinua :- ions of those who profess !tars " that the Lower Canadimis" in eb taining the just rights they have so long and so patiently supplicated, It" are actuated by the motive to establish the Catholic, or any other de. hiomination as a State Church in this province," but solely for the prec tical a - :knowledgment and protection to the equal civil and religious rights of all towns and denominations in that portion cf the empire; in all which we most heartily wish them success. This resolution was carried by general acclamation. Read again, and again cheered. . . Moved by Mr. Richd. Murphy; seconded by Mr. Thos. Tracey, son 8. Resolved—That the grateful acknowledement of this meeting are due to Joseph Hume, Daniel O'Connell, and Joh❑ Arthur Ree'euck, Esqrs., and the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, Members of the British Parliament, for their able advocacy of the constitutional rights of the Canadian people.—Carried with an unanimous vote, and by three cheers. Morel by Mr. Isaac Dennis; seconded by Mr. Aaron Clay:cn :- 9. Resolved—That the worthy Members who compose the mesra mint.rity of the Commons' House of Asseubly, are deserving cur just commendation, having exhibited a peculiar display cf talent and energy, in ads ocating the rights of the people, and exposing the corruptions of the Executive Government. Moved by Mr. Jesse Lloyd : seconded by Mr. Francis Roily :- 10. Resolve I —That as a contradiction to the fats's, aspersion of the agent cf the Colonial-ollice in Toronto, that "the people of Upper Ca nada hate democracy," and cling to despotism, we do declare, as the opinion of this meeting, that we heartily approve of the proceedings of the last House of Assembly with regard to Lower Canada, the repre sentatives of the people of which colony hare nobly maintained the de mocrative principle of the British Constitution, by steadily insisting on honest economical government, responsible to public opinion, as in Great Eritain, the United States, and all free countries. That we are ready to make common cause with Lower Canada, if any British Mi nistry shal dare to dishonour our nation in the eyes of the world, by putting in force Lord John Russell's abominable resolutions; and that we hi.ve the fullest confidence in the ueshaken integi ity and democratic principles of the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau, and of John Rolph, and Marshall S. Bidwell, Esquires, whose long, end valuable services to the people of the Canadas, have entitled them to the hearty thanks of every good citizen. Passed unanimously, with a show of hands, read again, and three cheers given for our pa:rioric leaders. Moved by Mr. LEWIS PATTEN, seconded by Mr. J. JOHNSTON, 11. ResOlved—That the cause of the want and misery in many townships, at this instant, is not occasioned by a bad or scanty harvest, but ley the general pressure of obligations to land coon anies and specu lators, and our enormous law and office fees, which constrain the far mers to sell their produce prematurely, and by means of which, the United States' merchants, or other such speculators did last season, and may at any similarly inviting concurrence co-operate to produce the same deplorable effects. Moved by Mr. ELIJA II COLLARD, seconded by Mr. Iroasce Sum!, 12. Resolved—That with much regret and just indignation we have viewed the establishment of rectories in this Peovine; indicating the intentions of the Government io erect an established or dominant Church, contrary to the many times expressed views of a large ma jority of the inhabitants of this colony. That such a direct violation and opposition to the public mind is ca'culated to alienate the affix. tiohs and withdraw all future confidence in, and hope of justice from a government not identified with the so fully dee'ared will of the peo ple. We cordially approved of the zeal of the various classes of profes. sors in opposition to this measure, but sincerely regre, and with much respect do submit the want of consistency in one of the most pro minent and zealous, who, notwithstanoing their opposition to the es tablishment ofrectm ies, indicated a willingness to partake of exch.sive privilege', hereby they seemed to have forgotten "that a State cannot patronize one or more sects- without punishing others ;" and further, that " a State has no wealth but the people's wealth, if it pay some it impoverishes the rest."—Carried unanimously. Moved by Mr. Joshua Clayton, seconded by Mr. Clarkson Hughes, 13. Resolved—" That from the experienc., of the past down to the present hour, this meeting is under the conviction that the longer the connexion is continued between this Province and the Mother Country, the evils of a State Church, an unnatural aristocracy, party privilege, public debt, and general oppression will more and more prevail : and that if no radical change of plicy shah henceforth take place, an Act of Separation is far more desirable if it could be obtained by peaceable means. We humbly conceive that a stipulate price and compensation, however great, were little in comparison, if it could avert the common issue of all such policy on the one hand, and resistance cn the ether, as heretofore, which have invariably terminated in the gre .t mutual bloodshed, loss, and dishonour of both parties, thus strengthened and perpetuated disgt st and hatred between nations of common origin, naturally under other circumstances unite 1 by the dearest of all MU. stions. Carriee:onanimaus'y. Moved by Mr- Ttrostes W. TYSON, seconded by Mr. JOHN TrsoN. 14. Resolved—That our authorities being necessarily interested in the question of " Independence," if they ssill entertain any doubts as to the views and wishes of the majority, they may easily attest it by adopting the Ballot. If they still, however, persist in rejecting this mode of election in every case, we, on our part, protest against the in. justice Nall kinds of bribery and official interference. Carried una nimously. Moved by Mr. M MONEY, seconded by Mr. G. Huonns. • 15. Resolved —not we - sympathise with, and approve the steady, peaceable, let patriotic conduct of oar brother Erfirmers cf Lotocr Ca. noda, and bederd it t:ec,:ssary at this crisis to adoi t a rigid economy, and to abstain as much as possible from all artic'es which are subject, to duties, and takes for the support of a Gov. roment not responsible to the people. N\re regret that past experience In.s not yet sufficiently taught the lesson, that opposition to Reformation gener..lly e .ds in Re volu• ion. Carried unanimously. • Moved by Mr. 'l'. Lloyd, seconded by Mr. W,lliam Dom. 16. Resolved—That we have Lndea , oured by every 'wails in our power to open the ryes and soften the heLrts of eu , rulers, by number less pAitions, rcsortaiions, and celdrcesos to the laic Kii-g and Government at home, as well as by the risk and ifices we ho.ve en countered in the honest exercise of our franchi the misrepresen tations of interestc porties have closed every avenue to the Thrcnc, and every hope from the Parliament, and by bribe y and fraud they still overrule all our efforts to retarn en ripAgl:t Asscnfoly, or procczd to nullify its usefulness, and contrive its dissolu•ii n when so chosen ; a conduit afflirrlin; amide confirmation, that any form of go e. mount re. quiring an irre,poneihle administration in tho is of any more man, or any numbcr of men whose interests lead thom to aLuse it, is dangc rou, at all times, and commonly fatal to the true honour and happiness of both rulers and ruled. NVe therefo,e wish to express our decided apprubotiun of Elective Institutions, through every deparment, civil and judici••l—lhat elections be frer,uent, and these corducted by ballot in e: cry respective township; and no qualification required in the candi dates or voters but the being a citizen or rubjcet, of good moral con. duct, haring abdilies to discharge the annexed duties, and btiaj the choice of the people. MR. PAPIN EA U. Louis Joseph Papineau, who for some yenta past, has occu. pi e d th e most enn,pieueus position in Canadi to altirs, is API in the prime of life, being ab tut 43 years of asre. lle is a nota-y by profession, and posse.sses a handsome fortune, as there is no country in the world where litigation i= so virulent and lucrative to its ministers as in Lower C4nada. Mr. Papineau is well-informed for a Canadian ; is a fair water, being more a d claimer than a reasoner; pas simate invective conveyed in a fluent torrent of werds is his reason and his facts; and heir.,-; inteme7y convinced of the justice and holiness of his cause, and that Great 13,itain is determined to oppress its Corny, all the energies of his mind have been devoted since 1825 to an indiscriminate and uncomprising hostility to every measure of the provincial a - lministration. He is a man of ungovernable inissioes in everything relating to politics, and holds everything British or American in utter abhorrence. He looks :upon commerce as an innovation, and its extension as corrupting. the innocence and simplicity of his countrymen ; agriculture is with him their natural vocation ; and in the prosperity of merchants he sees the commencement of a system by which their lands will be are ted from the seigneurs and farmers, by the sure but gradual progress of trade, and the necessary muta7ion of real property, He is hostile to the diffevion of the English language, as he considers its propagation as a latent and dangerous atr:iliary to the disseminatioo of the modern prin ciples of business ; as teaching his ignorant countrymen new wants, and a means of emancipating themselves front the brutal tyranny of their griping feudal mastery. Such a man's political prejudices ensure his integrity ; and his vanity will always make him adhere to the party Where his pretensions to suprenetcy a. , •te undisputed. Mr. Papincau, however, has one faili.tg which inca pacitates him Lem being so dangerous to the Govern , ment as he otherwise might be—a , .d that is a want of per sonal courage. He is a loud-tongued and zealous as sector of the rights of the H , use of Assembly, and a bold and unmeasured denouncer of the Government and its Admi nistrators ; he has charged Lord Dalhousie, Lord Aylmer, and Lord Gosford with almost every political crime and perzonal corruption that public or p:ivnte men can be guilty of ; but when he has assailed individuals in society in like manner, and they have called him to account and demAnded sa_ tisfaction, he his invariably explained away his charges, or re. fused the reparation required. In the late affiirs at St. Charles, he rerneve I to a place of safety when that fort was menaced by the tro Ts; and with all the zeal and energy of Catiliae, he will never jeopardise his bodily safety like that haughty and bold-spirited Retolutionist. —New York Herald. PRIZE ESSAY.-The premium offered to public comp•:•thion for the btst essay on " The ;resent emr3ition of the people of this country, and the best means of improving it," by the Literary and Scientific Institution, East Road, Poplar, has been rewarded by the arl.kratori to Mr. Thomas Macconnell. Saturday, at Deptford Petty S.ssions, Mr. Henry Morley, master baker of the Victuailinz-yard, was summoaed by Warman, one of the relieving oilicrs, for refusing to sup port his w:fe, whereby she became eh zrg,rable to Deptford parish. Mr. James, clerk to the guaalian3, sup : )ort, d the charge, and contended that Mr. Morley w::s bound to maintain his wife ; lie had a lucrative and permanent situation under Government, and was able to do so. A s lieitor, who attended on the part of Morley, submitted to the bench that his client was nut bound to suppmt his wife, who was a worthless drunken woman, which fact was fully proved. The court was ordered to be cleared, and the magistrate, after a loog consultation, (LtniFscd the case. On Sunday morning, as some workmen were en gaged in raising the body of a new locomotive engine from a boat in the canal at Camden-town, a portion of the t.mklo gave way, and the ponderous mass, weighilg about six tons, fell on to the bridge, which was much damag,A. Fortunately it did not force is way through to the canal, or the mischief w,,uld, of course have beer, much i creased. An engin e:, who was engaged in directing the e'eration, bad the mi<fin_ tune to be dashed to the ground, and narrowly escaped bein; clashed. As it was he received exteLsive injuries on the hei d, and was immediately conveyed in a dclir:ous state to the hos pital. He was so violent in his excited state that it required the aid of three men to retain him on the litter used f This re moval. On surgical examination it was not thought that there was any d sager of a fatal result. Seidelmann, one of the most distingu!shed actors of the German stage, has been suddenly dismissed from the Stuttgart theatre, with orders to leave the city within three days, in consequence of a disagreeable scene between him and the Intendent.